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Djiboutian Army Cpl. Yosin, left, helps a fellow soldier, Mohamed, adjust his night vision goggle headmount during a night-vision goggle training course in Djibouti City, Djibouti, Oct. 10, 2016. Soldiers were tested on how quickly they could don their NVG gear during the class. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton/Released)

Article | FAD troops learn to see in the dark

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Civil Affairs battalion trains Djiboutians on how to use night vision technology
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U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Matthew Glaberman, Charlie Company, 411th Civil Affairs Battalion operations sergeant, talks about the effects combat stress can have on a person in a deployed environment, and how to recognize and treat it during a mental health sharing of best practices Oct. 10, 2016, in Mogadishu, Somalia. More than 40 members of the Uganda People’s Defense Force attended the class to learn about combat stress while they are deployed in support of the African Union Mission to Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr./Released)

Article | U.S., Uganda military forces build mental resilience

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Mitigating the effects of combat stress focus of training
AMISOM Training AFRICOM Uganda combat stress
A Tanzanian canine handler opens the transport cage to retrieve his partner for the day's work at Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, March 2, 2016. (U.S. Customs and Border Protection photo by Timothy Ryan/Released)

Article | Tanzania canine detection team has first success

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AFRICOM provides funding to U.S. Customs and Border Protection to train Tanzania canine unit
AFRICOM Tanzania Support
Djibouti Armed Forces (FAD) service members set up an Africa Data Sharing Network (ADSN) satellite during training validation Sept. 28, 2016, at FAD Headquarters in Djibouti. While conducting the best practices training, the U.S. Army, assigned to Combined Joint Task-Horn of Africa, also held an ADSN validation with the FAD soldiers to prepare them to deploy to Somalia. The ADSN provides network and Voice over Internet Protocol capabilities between the several African countries participating in the Africa Union Mission in Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Eric Summers Jr.)

Article | Network training readies Djiboutian soldiers for Somalia mission

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Data-sharing best practices focus of training conducted by CJTF-HOA
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U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Jake Van Dyke (left), 435th Security Forces Squadron contingency response fire team member, helps a Benin airman with his weapon during the African Partnership Flight in Accra, Ghana, Sept. 14, 2016. APF is a transparent working environment between U.S. and African partner nations that builds trust and cooperation to achieve common solutions. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Stephanie Longoria/Released)

Article | African Partnership Flight Ghana builds trust, relationships and interoperability

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APF draws 12 African partner nations for military to military engagement in Ghana.
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The Near East and South Asia Center hosted more than 30 participants who gathered to discuss a variety of issues that affect regional security during a capstone event conducted in partnership with US AFRICOM in Tunis, Tunisia, Sept., 6-7, 2016. (U.S. Africa Command Public Affairs photo/Released)

Article | Regional security focus of NESA-AFRICOM capstone event

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Workshop in Tunis hosted by the Near East and South Asia Center
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Africa Endeavor 16 participants listen to a technology expo representative talk about various Command, Control, Communications and Computer Systems (C4) solutions 18 Aug., 2016. AE16 is an annual U.S. Africa Command sponsored training and information sharing effort to help develop African multi-national communication interoperability for African Union and United Nations mandated peacekeeping and disaster response in Africa. Over 40 African nations participated in this year's events

Article | Successful Africa Endeavor 16 Highlights Malagasy Contributions, Pan-African Partnerships and Technology Expo

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Africa Endeavor 16 participants listen to a technology expo representative talk about various Command, Control, Communications and Computer Systems (C4) solutions
Africa Endeavor Partnerships Peacekeeping
STUTTGART, Germany (Aug. 24, 2016) -- Participants of the U.S. Africa Command's Surgeon's conference held 24-26 Aug. pose for a photo on Kelley Barracks. Entitled "Strength Through Health," the conference allowed participants to discuss ways to leverage capabilities of all partners, including international and interagency, on the African continent to deliver health services to U.S. and combined forces. (Official Dept. of Defense photo by Jason D. Johnston/RELEASED)

Article | AFRICOM Holds Command Surgeon’s Conference

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The conference seeks to pull together all departments to most effectively deliver health to the U.S. and combined forces.
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The opening ceremony for Africa Endeavor, an annual communications and information-sharing event, that helps develop multinational communications interoperability for African Union and United Nations mandated peace keeping and disaster response missions in Africa, Aug. 22, 2016, Antananarivo, Madagascar. (Photo by U.S. AFRICOM Public Affairs/Released)

Article | U.S. Africa Command kicks off 10th Africa Endeavor in Madagascar

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Communications is focus of annual event
AFRICOM Africa Africa Endeavor Disaster Response partnership Madagascar
Abdulhalim Rijaal, U.S. Department of State program manager for East Africa, discusses challenges, lessons learned and strategies with African Union Mission to Somalia members during the Public Information Officer’s Conference in Djibouti, Aug. 3, 2016. Public information officers attended the conference in Djibouti from Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, Djibouti, Ethiopia and Somalia. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton/Released)

Article | Conference highlights social media, messaging in Somalia

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Public information officers share best practices on how to communicate with audiences via social media
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U.S. Army Master Sgt. Mac Broich, an instructor with the Vermont Army National Guard’s Regional Training Institute, observes rounds for a soldier from the Senegalese Army’s 1st Paratrooper Battalion at a range July 13, 2016 in Thies, Senegal as part of Africa Readiness Training 2016. ART 2016 is a U.S. Army Africa exercise designed to increase U.S. and Senegalese readiness and partnership through combined infantry training and live fire events. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Spc. Craig Philbrick/Released)

Article | Vermont Guardsmen enhance partnership through Africa Readiness Training

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ART16 is a U.S. Army Africa-led exercise that brings together U.S. and Senegalese infantry units for partnered training.
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U.S. Army Reserve Officer Training Corps cadets watch as a Djiboutian Army weapons instructor teaches them how to safely field strip an AK-47 at the Djiboutian Army Academy in Arta, Djibouti, July 25, 2016. After the cadets learned the fundamentals, they competed with each other to see who could field strip the weapon quickest. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Benjamin Raughton/Released)

Article | U.S. Army ROTC cadets experience Djiboutian military culture

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Competitive three-week training course provides both U.S. and Djiboutian army cadets military training
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Burundian National Defense Force Soldiers work together to install their African Data Sharing Network terminal. Combined Joint Task Force–Horn of Africa communications Soldiers led a sharing of best practices for installing, operating, and maintaining their satellite terminal, June 8 – 17, 2016. The ADSN communication package provides a dynamic intelligence sharing platform for the African Union Mission in Somalia’s troop contributing countries. (U.S. Army photo by 1st Lt. Justin R. Klatt/Released)

Article | U.S., Burundi share communications hardware best practices

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Data sharing network will allow critical information to be shared among African partner nations
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A Senegalese soldier with 1st Paratrooper Battalion carries an 81mm mortar tube during a patrol July 22, 2016 in Thies, Senegal as part of Africa Readiness Training 16. ART16 is a U.S. Army Africa exercise designed to increase U.S. and Senegalese readiness and partnership through combined infantry training and live-fire events. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Candace Mundt)

Article | Africa Readiness Training 2016 kicks off in Senegal

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ART is the first in a series of planned annual U.S. Army Africa-led exercises that brings together AFRICOM's Regionally Aligned Force with African partners to increase readiness.
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Gen. Thomas D. Waldhauser assumes command of U.S. Africa Command during a ceremony at Patch Barracks, U.S. Army Garrison Stuttgart, Germany, July 18. Waldhauser succeeded Gen. David M. Rodriguez to become the fourth AFRICOM commander. (Photo by Jason Johnston, Visual Information)

Article | AFRICOM welcomes new commander

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Gen. Thomas D. Waldhauser is first Marine to lead U.S. Africa Command
General David M. Rodriguez

Article | Rodriguez caps 40-year military career with change of command

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Gen. David Rodriguez reflects on his Army career and his time as the AFRICOM commander.
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DAR ES SALAAM, Tanzania – Eastern Accord 2016 participants attend the Opening Ceremony to commence the command post exercise at the Tanzanian Peacekeeping Training Centre, July 11, 2016, in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. EA16 is an annual, combined, joint military exercise that brings together partner nations to practice and demonstrate proficiency in conducting peacekeeping operations. (U.S. Air Force photo by Staff Sgt. Tiffany DeNault/Released)

Article | Nine countries are participating in Eastern Accord 2016

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Exercise Eastern Accord builds readiness with African partners
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Kenyan Defense Force airmen listen to class lectures during African Partnership Flight Kenya June 20, 2016 at Laikipia Air Base, Kenya. More than 50 U.S. Air Force Airmen participated in the first APF in Kenya. The APF is designed for U.S. and African partner nations to work together in a learning environment to help build expertise and professional knowledge and skills. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Evelyn Chavez/Released)

Article | African Partnership Flight Kenya comes to a close

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First ever APF conducted in Kenya included Kenyan-led exercise Linda Rhino.
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Maj. Jeffrey Sills, air medical evacuation pilot, 3rd Battalion, 126th Aviation Regiment, Massachusetts National Guard, gives instruction on a proper four-man litter carry on the Gabon Air Force Base during Central Accord 2016. U.S. Army Africa's exercise Central Accord 2016 is an annual, combined, joint military exercise that brings together partner nations to practice and demonstrate proficiency in conducting peacekeeping operations. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Spc. L'Erin Wynn/Released)

Article | Reservist, multinational team prepares African partners for peacekeeping operations

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Eleven troop-contributing countries from the central Africa region are participating in Central Accord 2016.
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Indian Army Lt. Col. Ajay Dogra, military training officer with the United Nations Department of Peacekeeping Operations, teaches Central Accord 2016 participants about U.N. functions and procedures June 14, at the Cooperative Security Location in Libreville, Gabon. U.S. Army Africa's exercise Central Accord 2016 is an annual, combined, joint military exercise that brings together partner nations to practice and demonstrate proficiency in conducting peacekeeping operations. (U.S. Army Africa photo by Staff Sgt. Candace Mundt/Released)

Article | Central Accord 2016's force behind the exercise shows scale and complexity of annual event

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Central Accord 2016 is the largest, most complex USARAF-led exercise to date.
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